Arts (Chinese studies intermediate), Bachelor

With our versatile Bachelor of Arts, you can select from an extensive range of majors and minors across humanities, social sciences, business, health, and science—approximately 50 options in total. This flexibility ensures your career possibilities remain open while allowing you to pursue both your passion and profession.Shape your future with this interdisciplinary degree by choosing one primary arts major and complementing it with secondary majors, minors, or electives from various university departments. Your primary major will be highlighted on your academic transcript, showcasing your expertise to potential employers. Design your unique educational journey—whether combining sociology with psychology and adding Chinese as an elective, or pairing economics with English, or even crime, justice, and legal studies with linguistics. Regardless of your chosen path, you’ll benefit from instruction by world-class academics and leading researchers dedicated to helping you realize your aspirations.

A Chinese studies major will enable you to understand and use an increasingly significant world language. Chinese is spoken by nearly one-fifth of the global population, predominantly in the world’s second-largest economy, China. The Chinese Studies major will give you the opportunity to develop skills in oral and written Chinese (Mandarin), and enhance your understanding in China’s past (culture and tradition) and present (economy and technology). At more advanced levels, specialist subjects are available in Chinese for academic and professional purposes—these will help you develop your integrated communication skills to a professional level. Studying Chinese language and culture will give you an advantage in a range of industries and area of government, given that China has been Australia’s largest trading partner since 2007. You will have the opportunity to enrol in overseas programs to extend your language skills in-country. (Please note: overseas programs may be impacted by travel restrictions.) The major offers four entry-levels to cater to your standard in the Chinese language. You may enrol at beginners, intermediate, advanced or extension levels depending on your background and experience.